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DON’T MISS!: FOXY LADY
Jennifer Lawrence, eat your heart out. Pay homage to the original female action hero this weekend as the Film Society of Lincoln Center honors Pam Grier. ‘‘Foxy: The Complete Pam Grier’’ will show a range of the badass actress’ work from early pulp gems like 1973’s “Scream, Blacula, Scream” to “Jackie Brown,” Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 love letter to her.
Grier, 63, may be known as a “blaxploitation” star, but says she was never a fan of the term, which was really more about women than race anyway. “There were quite a few black male leads in films with the same formula back then — bad guys, women in skimpy clothes — and they didn’t call them blaxploitation until I stepped into a man’s shoes,” she says, citing her many gun-slinging, butt-kicking roles with directors like Jack Hill (“Foxy Brown). “I crossed the boundary.”
The actress, who will be hosting Q&A’s at several screenings, sees her legacy in the likes of today’s boundary-pushing action thrillers, like “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” by David Fincher. “When Rooney Mara turns the tables on that guy for revenge? I applaud it!” she says. “For me to do that in the ’70s, they would have called it porn!”
Screenings of 11 Grier films will take place today through Sunday at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 W. 65th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. Schedule and tickets available at filmlinc.com.
— Sara Stewart

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CHECK IT OUT!: FIRST IMPRESSION
“There can never be too many impressionist shows,” says the Frick’s Colin Bailey, and he’s right: Monet, Manet, Degas and Co. draw us in like no one else. Now, hot off the Morgan and the Met exhibits of these fab Frenchmen, comes a lively show of drawings and prints on loan from the Clark Institute, some made when these artists were just starting out — like the big-headed caricature drawn by an 18-year-old Claude Monet, back when he signed his works “Oscar,” and a pre-Tahiti Gauguin’s idyllic prints of Martinique. Here, too, are Degas’ prancing horses and pirouetting ballerinas; Manet’s Norman Rockwell-esque “The Urchin,” and a small room filled with Toulouse-Lautrec’s lithographs, a jockey and his infamous ladies of the night among them. 1 E. 70th St., at Fifth Avenue; pay-what-you-wish Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 212-288-0700, frick.org.
— Barbara Hoffman

TAKE A BITE!: FREE COOKIES
Celebrate the first day of spring, Wednesday, like the Parisians do — with a macaron crawl. Fifteen bakeries (some with multiple locations) across the city will be offering free samples of the delicate pastel pastries to welcome the season as part of the fourth annual Macaron Day NYC. The tradition was started by macaron master Pierre Hermé in Paris eight years ago. In 2010, François Payard, the renowned third-generation French pastry chef and owner of five namesake bakeries in New York, organized the first Macaron Day in the Grande Pomme. “The macaron for French is like the cupcake for Americans,” explains Payard, who notes that many Parisians go so far as to take the day off work. And the day is sweet in more ways than one. It’s also a fund-raiser for City Harvest. After gobbling down your free cookie, 10 percent of the sale of any macarons you purchase will go to the hunger-fighting charity. For participating bakeries, go to macarondaynyc.com.
— Hailey Eber

LISTEN UP!: BLUES REPORT
“It’s your buddy in good times and comforter in bad times,” says Memphis-raised musician Charlie Musselwhite of the blues. And at 69, he knows what he’s talking about. First emerging in the ’60s Chicago blues scene, Musselwhite has spent his life trading electric harmonica licks with everyone from B.B. King to Cuban group Cuarteto Patria. His most recent album — “Get Up!” — is a collaboration with slide guitarist and longtime friend Ben Harper. It was, says Musselwhite, “so spontaneous to record, it was like the music was just waiting for us to show up.” But what is it about blues that makes it so enduring? “Some people hear blues and think: ‘I don’t wanna hear that sad feeling,’ ’’ he says, “but actually, it helps you get rid of that feeling.” So whether you dig the blues, or are just feeling blue, check out Musselwhite’s band tonight or tomorrow night (7:30 and 9:30) at Rose Hall’s Allen Room for some healing blues action. Tickets start at $55; Broadway at 60th Street; jalc.org.
— Charlie Heller